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Your last obstacle before the final boss ofHades 2’s Mt. Olympus may be just the tail of said final boss, but that doesn’t mean it should be underestimated. Capable of dealing incredible damage, you’ll have to learn this boss quickly if you want to be well-equipped to deal with its owner.
Thankfully, there are only so many ways a mountain-sized titan can use his tail. With enough practice and study of this guide, you’ll find yourself breezing through the Trial of the Tail and up to Typhon himself without breaking a sweat. The first step? Remembering that the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Wind-Up Tells And Attack Description
Suggested Counters
Conjuring Spin
The tail raises itself high into the air, then inserts itself into the ground, and the tail begins to spin rapidly.
During the length of the animation,red seeds will sprout from the groundacross the arena. If Melinoe comes close, the seeds explode for area damage.
Take a few steps away as the tail inserts itself.Use ranged attacks during the length of the spin, staying aware of any potential seeds raising nearby. If necessary,forego damage to dash through seedsthat may pose problems for your movement later.
Ground Pulse
Inserting itself into the ground twice in quick succession, a ring of energy largely forms around the arena and begins to close inward. Then, a ring begins to form in the center around the tail’s epicenter and grows outward. The two rings overlap until the largest is absorbed back into the tail.
Stay at the midpoint between the tail and the outer ringduring its creation.Dodge outward through the outer ringand then prepare to move inward. Dodge through the inward ring and begin attacking.
Pincer Attack
Pulling itself back slightly as it moves the point of its tail into a horizontal position, the two points of thetail will begin pinching. It does thisfive times in rapid succession, following the player.
Dash through the first pincer attack if in melee and then run to keep the pincer moving in a circle.
If not capable of safely dashing through, begin to sprint away, leaving a Cast behind to slow movement, andaim to curve around in a C-shape to make the tail turnand lose range.
Hyper Wave
Retreating quickly to one far side of the map (either left or right), thetail begins gathering energy. Once the ball of energy grows to its maximum size, it unleashes the energy as awave that washes over the entire mapin front of the tail’s points.
When the tail retreats, immediately sprint after itand behind the tail’s pincers. Attack it while and slightly after it gathers its energy.
Like the other minibosses of the summit, the Tail of Typhon has very little in its arsenal to depend upon.
With such clear indications of its attacks, it’s thankfully also very easy to avoid its attacks once you learn the patterns.We recommend referencing the table aboveto cover those attacks.
The most dangerousof these moves is theHyper Wave. Dealing static 80 damage with the Strength card activated and even more without, this can easily bea run-ending attack.
If you ever see the tail retreating left or right very quickly,
If you are ever caught unawares or on the farthest edge of the map, you’re able to attempt tohug the far wall and dash forward through the wave. However, its velocity and a large area of effect make it incredibly difficult, if not sometimes impossible, to maneuver.
How To Beat The Tail Of Typhon
The name of the game when it comes to the Tail of Typhon is patience. Youropenings for attack will be large, but your punishment for failing to stay inside those openings can be massive.
Likewise,an awareness of your field and ability to counteract zoning will play a pivotal rolein both your survival and your clear time. You’ll have to manage the field while also managing his attacks.
Suggested Boons
Before getting into the nitty gritty of any strategy,there are a few boons that might prove usefulif you find yourself struggling against this pesky tail:
Why it works
Lightning Strike/Thunder Flourish
Zeus
With the tail’s large healthpool, it primarily acts as a killer of time. To chunk through it, youmight want a Blitz effect to take large quantities of health quickly.
Single Elimination
Ares
Much like above, Single Eliminationdeals 20-35 percent more damage on each hit(and more on upgrades) as the tail has no summons, guaranteeing a permanent bonus for the whole fight.
Glowing Coal
Hestia
A projectile cast can be reallyuseful for getting in extra ranged damagewhile waiting for your opening. Hestia’s Controlled Burn might be useful as well, but it doesn’t come with the same slowdown effect.
Frosty Veneer
Demeter
With the amount of damage this tail and Typhon can do, it might be beneficial to have Demeter’s Infusion boon tolimit all incoming damage to no higher than 20if you find yourself getting hit often or are running low-HP build and are feeling cautious.
The first key to defeating the Tail will be watching. Each move has its own opening, butthere are two moves in particularthat will give you thewidest opportunitiesfor big damage:
The first is explained in the moves section above, giving ample opportunity for you to attack when behind in the safe zone. The second, however, is likely to be more promising with its higher use frequency.
With an opening during the first creation of the outer ring,you can:
Be careful you don’t dash prematurely into the second ring or straight inward. You want to come in at a slight angle to prevent yourself from accidentally dashing into the closing ring.
For his pincer attack, you likely won’t get many chances to reply in kind without risking a hit.
Unless you’re very brave, play it safe bydashing through that first pinch and then running around the back of the tail.If you have enough room, you might sneak in a quick attack or two during the animation.
After this animation plays,attack, but be very cautious.His cooldown time for this move is short.
The spinning animation can be very lucrative for your damage output, but you shouldbeware that the hitbox for the animation is just a hair wider than it appears.
Seeds will also sprout, so if you have several clumped nearby,prioritize knocking them outso you aren’t caught in a bad spot later.
The seeds can be broken by not only dashing in their proximity but also by ranged attacks and casts. The staff’s special and torches can trigger them, for better and for worse.
With some perseverance, you’ll overcome the tail and be able to file away what you’ve learned for later.The tail will appear on every runto the summit, so you’ll get plenty of practice.
Your reward should be a rare item,like a three-level Pom of Power or an upgraded rarity chance Olympian boon—a good consolation prize to take on your way to that tail’s gargantuan owner just ahead.
